Somatic embryogenesis of Merwilla plumbea (Lindl.) Speta

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 517-524

  Baskaran, Ponnusamy ^a   van Staden, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

2,4 D; Cell suspension; Merwilla plumbea; Organic elicitors; Picloram; Somatic embryogenesis; Thidiazuron

Indexed keywords

2,4-D; CELL SUSPENSION; MERWILLA PLUMBEA; ORGANIC ELICITORS; PICLORAM; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; THIDIAZURON;

AMINO ACIDS; HERBICIDES; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PYRIDINE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

MERWILLA;

EID: 84860727252     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-012-0118-9     Document Type: Article

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